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Anonymous
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Visual behind drop down selectable

I have two drop downs on top of a visual (rectangle).  However the rectangle is set to 'Send to Back'.  The issue seems to be 

if I/user clicks on the rectangle it hides the drop down which is in front of it.  Is there anyway to make it non selectable ?

 

Thanks

 

Chris

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous,

There is no option in Power BI Desktop to make the rectangle non selectable. Once you accidentally select the rectangle, you can press Ctrl-Z to undo the selection.

Meanwhile, you can vote the existing idea that lock out selection of shapes in the following link.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/14910687-lock-out-selection-of-shapes-and-widgets   

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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Anonymous
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Hi @Anonymous,

There is no option in Power BI Desktop to make the rectangle non selectable. Once you accidentally select the rectangle, you can press Ctrl-Z to undo the selection.

Meanwhile, you can vote the existing idea that lock out selection of shapes in the following link.

https://ideas.powerbi.com/forums/265200-power-bi-ideas/suggestions/14910687-lock-out-selection-of-shapes-and-widgets   

Thanks,
Lydia Zhang

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